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TIL that when you become a citizen of Canada get a Cultural Access Pass that provides you with free admission to more than 1,400 of Canada’s cultural attractions and discounts on travel.

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wLdEM TIL that tetanus is one of the few infectious diseases where recovery doesn't confer immunity. This is because tetanospasmin, the toxin which causes tetanus, is so lethal that death would occur before an immune response would occur
8aG0X TIL, the Midnight Club was a secret street racing team in Tokyo, bound by a strict moral code that put pedestrian/motorist safety first. The club disbanded in 1999 when a race turned accident killed innocent drivers
X0AQR TIL: Baseballs used in MLB have been rubbed with a special mud from a secret river in New Jersey for over 75 years to comply with a rule that all baseballs must be "properly rubbed so that the gloss is removed".
1aZaX TIL Dutch female resistance girls executed Nazis after seducing them in bars
J0rv TIL there is a breed of pig in Hungary that is fleecy like a sheep, with reddish meat like a cow, created by breeding together a wild boar and a pig bred especially for lard. It is also, apparently, delicious.